#B8A048#B8A048

#B8A048 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.111 H 94.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A048
RGB	rgb(184, 160, 72)
HSL	hsl(47, 44%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(47, 61%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13%, 60.9%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.37, -1.81, 48.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.37, 48.13, 92.16°)
OKLab	oklab(70.95% -0.008 0.111)
OKLCH	oklch(70.95% 0.111 94.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.5091, 35.8015, 11.2750)
Luminance	0.3580 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A048 #4860B8

analogous

#B86848 #B8A048 #98B848

triadic

#B8A048 #48B8A0 #A048B8

tetradic

#B8A048 #48B868 #4860B8 #B84898

square

#B8A048 #48B868 #4860B8 #B84898

split-complementary

#B8A048 #4898B8 #6848B8

monochromatic

#605425 #8C7A36 #B8A048 #C9B774 #DACEA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#B8A048 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16

#B8A048 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A048

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A048	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A048	1.00	2.57	8.16	8.16
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9D3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A44C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6958D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a048;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 160, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.111 94.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bb7e',
    500: '#b8a048',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a048;
$custom-light: #d0bb7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a048",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.143,
    "s": 44.094,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7095,
    "c": 0.11127,
    "h": 94.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.358
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A048

secondary

#95A0C7

accent

#6FD454

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A048

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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